Religions

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What is religion?

Zograf Monastery on Mount Athos

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Istanbul- religious shrine

Form of idealistic perception of the world.

The word "Religion" comes from Latin and means confession, piety.

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They have appeared thousands of years ago.

Have an impact on world history.

Religions continue to divide the population in many countries and regions of the world.

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Orthodox church 5

More about religion

Catholic church

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Orthodox Church

Mosque

For the entire history of mankind has over 25,000 specific religious lines.

Now the world has more than 240 religions.

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What should we know about religion?

Many people in the world ď Ź

Map of the religion of the world

live according to the norms and rules of the religion they profess.

Religious believs define relationships between people.

They identified and their perceptions of the universe and God. World religions have the largest number of followers - Christianity and Islam.

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Distribution of religions in the world 5,84 13,05

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Reflects the enormous real life experience of mankind; Includes a system of standards of living and moral ideals, moral values having universal human content; Basilica "Santa Maria del Fiore "in Florence 9

Appears to be a store of mores, customsand traditions; It creates feelings of love, kindness, tolerance, compassion, charity; ď Ź

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Brings compassion and comfort especially when one is sick, afraid or in danger of death.

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Winner of cultural treasures - churches, temples, monasteries, icons, frescoes, literature and more. ď Ź

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Catholicism Western, Central and Southern Europe and western parts of Balkan Peninsula.

Orthodox Christianity - Eastern and Southern Europe.

Protestantism Northern Europe Islam western part of the Balkan Peninsula 12

Early forms of religious beliefs in Bulgaria ď Ź

Orphism is the oldest known sources of religion in the Bulgarian lands.

Today rituals related to the Thracian Orphism can be traced in mummer tradition.

Slavs and Bulgars

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Christianity ď Ź

Arise in Palestine in the I century and covers over 2.1 bilion people followers; Christianity has three aspects: the Eastern Orthodox Catholicism Protestantism

Christianity and Temple Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem 16

More about Christianity

Rila Monastery

Pope, head of the Roman Catholic Church

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Gothic cathedral Segovia Spain

Christianity is the most widespread religion in the world.

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Christianization of the Bulgarians - 864

Eastern Orthodox Church interior design

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Eastern Orthodoxy Rila monasterie Church st.

Alexander Nevski Cathedral in Varna

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Monasteries in Bulgaria Rila Monastery

Rozhen Monastery

Bachkovo Monastery

Troyan monastery

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Slightly more than 50% of all Christians are Catholics.

The Roman Catholic Church is the largest single church body, which includes Western churches in Latin rites and several Eastern Catholic churches with over 1 bilion members total.

Catholicism

Vatican – plaza St. Peter

Catholic cathedral in Svishtov

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Protestantism

Protestantism religious shrine Anglican church Baptist church in Ruse

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Separate from Catholicism before about 500 years occurred in Europe, during the Reformation in the 16th century.

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Islam

Spread of Islam ď Ź

It arises in the 7th century in the Arabian Peninsula.

Followers of Islam are called Muslims.

The youngest of all world religions, He is now an official religion in the countries of North Africa and Southwest Asia, and in some countries of South and Southeast Asia.

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Banya Bashi Mosque in Sofia

The holy shrine for Muslims in Medina. Saudi Sultan Ahmed one ofmosque grandin of Instanbul Tumbul Shumen Kaabashrine Selimthe mosque inmosques Odrin meka Arabia.

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Judaism ď Ź

It occurred 4000 years ago in ancient Hebrew tribes It is distributed among Jews.

State of Israel, which became the official home of the Jews, was established in 1948

Judaism - Wailing Wall, the continued existence of now defunct Solomon's temple

Synagogue It is a Jewish house of prayer 26

More about religions

Tumbul mosque in Shumen

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Religious believs influence the material and spiritual culture of the peoples.

They affect urban architecture, fine and applied arts, music, 27 folklore.

ď‚— “ Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and

religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or believ, and freedom to manifest religion and believ individually or collectively, in public or private, in teaching, practice, worship and observance " Article 18 of the Charter of Human Rights

Students Ionescu Lorenlai-Georgiana Ţărcuş Dumitru Radu Florin-Valentin Dobroiu Daniel-Codruţ Căpraru Florinel Ionuţ Turcu Nicolae-Bogdan Tudor Alexandru-Mădălin Rădoi Alina-Georgiana Grigore Marius-Eugen Priu Florin-Valentin 

Vocational School of Tourism “Mihalaki Georgiev”Vidin, Bulgaria

Teachers: Violeta Telescu Violeta Drăguţ Ștefania Stan 